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After reading these studies, I recalled a light moment at the Running Injury Conference in Shepherdstown, WV that I attended back in January. Podiatrist Ray McClanahan was giving a presentation and he took Adidas ZX Flux Dámské off a shoe to show off the bulging belly of his abductor hallucis – he had “guns” in his feet! The abductor hallucis, as I mentioned, is the muscle that pulls the big toe medially away from the other Nike Air Presto Womens toes. Make this muscle stronger, and this could provide the explanation for why many minimalist and barefoot runners claim that their big toe begins to migrate away from the others (into a position like that of Nike Air Max 2017 Dámské the habitually unshod Indians discussed above, I might add…). I also begin to wonder if increasing the strength of the big toe flexor allows the big toe to take some load off of the metatarsal heads during stance phase, and whether this might also explain some of the difference between the unshod and shod plantar pressure differences shown in the D’Aout paper. Going further, perhaps weakness of this muscle combined with poorly adapted foot bones might contribute to some of the metatarsal stress fracture issues people occasionbally run into when transitioning into minimalist/barefoot running. Total speculation here, but interesting Nike Blazer Low Womens to put some pieces together and ponder.At the end of this, my feeling is that the answer to the question posed in the title of this post is a definite “yes.” I’m left to conclude that my initial feelings Adidas NMD Dam after running in the Nike Frees way back in 2009 were probably correct – I think I was strengthening my feet and legs in ways that I previously had not.From various anecdotes I’ve read on minimalist forums my current belief is that changing of foot shape is happening to some, even drastically, but not all. Some have been minimalists for a few years without any considerable change in foot shape.That feet gets strengthened is however 100% self-evident for anyone that try to transition to barefoot. If there were no difference (like I’ve heard some podiatrists say!) we wouldn’t be able to train the feet to handle more barefoot/minimalist Adidas Hamburg Dames walking than the first time, but obviously you can.It is odd that things that are considered obvious with other body parts are not with feet. For example, would anyone think that bracing your back Nike Air Max Classic BW Donne or neck would not weaken the muscles? Don’t think so.For me personally, I have not seen any significant change in foot shape after about 1 year with much minimalism, however I do not yet run much, just walk. However, Nike Air Presto Dam I could handle only very little minimalist walking in the beginning, and it is getting much better so obviously the feet has got stronger. Still I experience limits, that is I cannot walk as much as I would want to, so I’m in an adaptation phase still.I’m slowly getting to the point where I can run in Minimalist shoes. I think I’m two pairs of running shoes away from that. That said, over the last two years I’ve been Nike Air Vapormax Femme wearing less and less constructed shoes or am barefoot around the house. I’ve worn Crocs with very little structure. I wear those Converse sneakers (I’m the poster on FB), and I wear my Vibram FFs for boot Nike Air Max 270 Womens camp 3x/wk which include various kind of foot work including short sprints such as suicides on gym floors. And yes my feet feel cramped in regular shoes. A few months ago I had to go on a business trip (I usually work at home) and dawn ‘regular’ black leather ‘business shoes.’ Wow, did they feel cramped–hadn’t worn them in over a year. So, yes, I do believe, without measuring, that my foot structure has indeed change–for the better.